在科学中，失败不是成功的对立面，而是通向成功的垫脚石。

In science, failure is not the opposite of success but a stepping stone towards it.

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

我很喜欢圣奥古斯丁在“上帝之城”里的一句话，他说“以社会地位评价人是一种罪”。用现在的口吻说，看一个人的名片来决定你是否要和他交谈是罪。对圣奥古斯丁来说，人的价值不在他的社会地位，只有神可以决定一个人的价值，他将在天使围绕、小号奏鸣，天空破开的世界末日给于最后审判，如果你是像我一样的世俗论者，这想法太疯狂了，但这想法有它的价值。

阿兰·德波顿

大多数人在体能和意志上训练不足，却在思维和情感上训练过度。

吉姆·洛尔

德国古典哲学的核心问题是如何在主体性中确立客观性。

倪梁康

我现在唯一上瘾的就是赢。

The only thing I'm addicted to right now is winning.

Lady Gaga

世儒不察，以工商为末，妄议抑之。

世俗的儒者不考察，认为工商是末业，妄加议论抑制。

黄宗羲

人生虽痛苦，却不悲观，因为它终抱着快乐的希望。为了快活，我们甚至于愿意慢死。